William Saxbe, a maverick who became the fourth and final attorney general to serve under President Richard M. Nixon, died Tuesday. He was 94.

The Los Angeles TImes reported that Saxbe, who was the oldest living former Republican senator, died at his home in Mechanicsburg, Ohio. No cause of death was specified.

Saxbe was a minor figure in Watergate, unlike his three predecessors. Nixon's first two attorneys general, John N. Mitchell and Richard G. Kleindienst, were accused of Watergate-related crimes and the third, Elliot Richardson, resigned to protest Nixon's efforts to limit the investigation.

Saxbe served as the attorney general from January 1974 through the end of Nixon's presidency - the embattled president resigned in August 1974 - and he stayed on through the first months of Gerald Ford's time in office.

Known for his blunt remarks about the president even before he joined his cabinet, Saxbe later opined that Nixon had wrecked the Republican Party.

Before becoming attorney general, Saxbe had served as Ohio's attorney general and also as a U.S. senator from 1969 to 1974. Later, he served as the U.S. ambassador to India.